Maxxuss, the OSx86 hacking god, has finally cracked the OS X 10.4.4 encryption scheme, opening it up for installation on “beige boxes”. While every version of OS X has been difficult to crack, 10.4.4 raised the bar. With new security mechanisms such as EFI implemented into 10.4.4, several OSx86ers, including myself, were really wondering if [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2006
H.264: Quicktime Mac > Quicktime Windows
If you’ve ever used H.264 on a Windows machine, I’m sure you thought it sucked. Up until a month ago I hated H.264. All my favorite podcasts were converting to it, and I had no choice but to suck it up. It’s not that the quality of H.264 is terrible, it’s just that H.264 is [...]
Google Analyticator 1.4
I finally got around to updating Google Analyticator today. By popular request, Google Analyticator now has the ability to track downloads on your site. Just enter the file extensions you want to track into the option page, and Google Analyticator handles the rest. Perfect for podcasts, or anything else you want to track.
Website Server Crash
If you were trying to access my website earlier you probably couldn’t. That was my fault. I was writing some PHP/MySQL code and forgot to set a LIMIT on the amount of data being pulled. My server couldn’t handle it and decided to crash. Whoops!
Everything is now back in working order thanks to my wonderful [...]
Google Desktop 3.0 Review
I’ll admit it. I’m one of the ten Google Desktop users. Everyone seems to hate Google Desktop, but for some reason I love it. I think it’s because Google Desktop allows me to quickly search through the years of files on my hard drive with ease. I keep my files organized, but I still hate [...]
